Metallic railway-tie.



PATE NTED NOV. 12, 1907.

J. G. THOMPSON. METALLIC RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JAMES o; THOMPSON, F SALEM, VIRGINIA.'

METALLIC RAILWAY-Tm.

v drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of arailway tieconstructed according to my invention Fig. 2 a plan view therer of; Fig.3 an end elevation; and Fig. 4 a detail perspectiveview of a portion ofthe tie.

The object of this invention is to provide animproved metallic tie andtrack fastening device which -will be durable, inexpensive. andreliable,'as more fully'hereinafter-setforth.

designates the tie which is approximately I-shaped in cross-sec'tion,having a central vertical web and oppositely projecting flanges at itsupper as well as its lower edge.- making a light and very strongstructure.

' rails rest upon the toward the same end of the tie.-

The upper fiangesare laterally extended where .the I I tie,'for mingshoulders'b which face By preference I have both sets of shoulders facetoward the same end of the tie. Onftop of the tie is riveted orotherwise fastened a I permanent clip a for each rail which is adaptedto en- These permanent direction as the gage over the foot-flange of therail. clips or flanges face in the same shoulders b In connection witheach one of these permanent stops or flanges'c employ a slidable clipdwhich consists of a plate adapted to rest upon the upper side of the tieand beveled so as to engage over the adjacent footflange of the rail,iAt each side edge of this plate (I is a depending flange d. whichflanges lie close to the side edges'of the upper flanges of the tie whenthe clip is in place. Each of these flanges wardly projecting lug dwhichis beveled on its upper face so that when the clip is slid up toward therail these lugs dwill engage under the shoulders bfand thus tightlyclamp the rail to the tie and against the opposite sta- Specification ofLetters Patent. Application filed June 1. 1907- v manent clips faceReferring to the drawings by reference characters, (0

is provided with a for-' Patented Nov. 12; 1907. Serial No. 876.870.

tionary clip 0. against the rail-flange by means of a pair of wedges orkeys e which. are driven down through registering-op ings in the top andbottofn flanges of the tie, and to pre-,

These slidableclips are forced up vent thesekeys or wedges beingwithdrawn after they are driven home the lower ends 'thereof; whichproject below the lower surface .of the tie, are struck up or bentlaterally.

It will-be observed that by my invention 1 provide a verydurable andrigid fastening means which will not require the use of any fasteningbolts or other devices liable to loosen or break. I prefer having boththe perin the same direction in order that any tie may be readilyremoved and replaced by simply manipulating the movable fastening clips.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is: i

1. In combination with oppositely I projecting 2. In combination facingshoulders b, ders'and facing in the tie adjacent to each pair ofshoulders and facing in in testimony whereof I hereunto aflix mysignature in the presence of two witnesses this 29 day of May 1907.

\ JAMES C. THOMPSON. Witnesses:

I. V. PEAKE, N. P. Laws.

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